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Lawrence Martin (musician)
Lawrence Martin (born January 1956 in Moose Factory, Ontario)"Following their heart home: The creative journey for Indian artists has many beginnings but a common path". ''Toronto Star'', 11 May 1996. is a Canadian musician and politician. He has used the name Wapistan, derived from the Cree language word for the marten, in his musical work. Background A member of the Moose Cree First Nation, he grew up in a small community called Moose River Crossing. As in the Cree traditional communities, the whole hamlet became his family. One of his aunts, Abba, recognized his talent for music at an early age. She bought him an acoustic guitar and taught him to play. Once he learned how to strum three chords, he began to write songs. He was around twelve years old at that time. From the age of fourteen, he attended secondary school in North Bay. In the 1980s, Martin was executive director of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, a First Nations broadcaster in Northern Ontario. In thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wapistan
Lawrence Martin (born January 1956 in Moose Factory, Ontario)"Following their heart home: The creative journey for Indian artists has many beginnings but a common path". ''Toronto Star'', 11 May 1996. is a Canadian musician and politician. He has used the name Wapistan, derived from the Cree language word for the marten, in his musical work. Background A member of the Moose Cree First Nation, he grew up in a small community called Moose River Crossing. As in the Cree traditional communities, the whole hamlet became his family. One of his aunts, Abba, recognized his talent for music at an early age. She bought him an acoustic guitar and taught him to play. Once he learned how to strum three chords, he began to write songs. He was around twelve years old at that time. From the age of fourteen, he attended secondary school in North Bay. In the 1980s, Martin was executive director of the Wawatay Native Communications Society, a First Nations broadcaster in Northern Ontario. In thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of First Nations
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is an assembly of Canadian First Nations (Indian bands) represented by their chiefs. Established in 1982 and modelled on the United Nations General Assembly, it emerged from the National Indian Brotherhood, which dissolved in the late 1970s. The aims of the organization are to protect and advance the aboriginal and treaty rights and interests of First Nations in Canada, including health, education, culture and language. It represents primarily status Indians. The Métis and non-status Indians have organized in the same period as the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP). Reflecting changes in where Aboriginal peoples are living, it represents primarily urban Indians, including off-reserve status Indians and Inuit. History Indigenous peoples of North America have created a variety of political organizations. Examples preceding European contact include the Iroquois Confederacy, or ''Haudenosaunee'', the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Powhatan Confe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Menard
Andrea Menard (born 1971) is a Canadians, Canadian actress, playwright, and jazz singer. Early life Menard was born in 1971 in Flin Flon, Manitoba and based in Saskatchewan. Career Menard, who is of Métis people (Canada), Métis descent, is best known for her work on the television series ''Moccasin Flats'' (2003) (in which she played a police officer with the Regina Police Service in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan) and for her starring role as Constable Tara Wheaton in the television series ''Rabbit Fall'' (2007–2008). She is currently the voice of characters Sarah Merasty and Kohkum on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN stop motion animated program ''Wapos Bay: The Series'' (2005–Present). An accomplished jazz singer, Menard wrote and composed a one-woman, musical one act play entitled ''The Velvet Devil'', which opened to rave reviews in 1998. A soundtrack album featuring 18 songs was released in 2002 and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC made a fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
''The StarPhoenix'' is a daily newspaper that serves Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and is a part of Postmedia Network. The ''StarPhoenix'' puts out six editions each week and publishes one weekly, ''Bridges''. It is also part of the canada.com web portal. History The ''StarPhoenix'' was first published as ''The Saskatoon Phoenix'' on October 17, 1902 (following a short-lived attempt at a local newspaper, the ''Saskatoon Sentinel''). In 1909, it became a daily paper and, in 1910, was renamed the ''Saskatoon Capital''. The paper was sold and bought several times between its inception and the 1920s, at one point being owned by W. F. Herman, the future owner and publisher of the ''Windsor Star''."W. F. Herman, Editor of the Windsor Star," ''The New York Times'' (Jan. 17, 1938). By 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
